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Jewish polymaths


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title full_name born died nationality occupation url
John von Neumann John von Neumann 1903 1957 Hungarian mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann
Benoit Mandelbrot Benoit B. Mandelbrot 1924 2010 Polish mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as "the art of roughness" of physical phenomena and "the uncontrolled element in life" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit_Mandelbrot
Robert Eisler Robert Eisler 1882 1949 Austrian Jewish polymath who wrote about the topics of mythology, comparative religion, the Gospels, monetary policy, art history, history of science, psychoanalysis, politics, astrology, history of currency, and value theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Eisler
Michael Polanyi Michael Polanyi 1891 1976 Hungarian polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Polanyi
Frederick Eckstein Frederick Eckstein 1861 1939 Austrian polymath, theosophist and a friend and temporary co-worker of Sigmund Freud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Eckstein
Yeshayahu Leibowitz Yeshayahu Leibowitz 1903 1994 Israeli Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshayahu_Leibowitz
Nicholas Rescher Nicholas Rescher 1928 n/a German philosopher, polymath, and author, who has been a professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh since 1961 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Rescher
Abraham Yahuda Abraham Shalom Yahuda 1877 1951 Palestinian Jew, polymath, teacher, writer, researcher, linguist, and collector of rare documents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Yahuda
Lina Eckenstein Lina Dorina Johanna Eckenstein 1857 1931 British polymath and historian who was acknowledged as a philosopher and scholar in the women's movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Eckenstein
Franz Baermann Steiner Franz Baermann Steiner 1909 1952 null ethnologist, polymath, essayist, aphorist, and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Baermann_Steiner
Mookie Tenembaum Mookie Tenembaum 1955 n/a Argentine polymath; philosopher, lawyer, inventor, conceptual multidisciplinary artist, and radio host https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mookie_Tenembaum
Ari Ben-Menahem Ari Ben-Menahem (Schlanger) has been professor of mathematics and geophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science since 1964 and visiting professor at MIT. He null null null seismologist, author, polymath, and historian of science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Ben-Menahem